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data
Scientists developing self-organizing migration of services with sovereignty over proprietary data

Developing a self-organizing migration of services is the core idea of the team headed by Magdeburg project leader, Professor Dr. Mesut Güne. This means that the services …

building blocks
Migrations represent the number one challenge for database professionals

Migrations are now the number one priority for database professionals, a new Redgate report reveals. Cloud usage is on the up, for example, with 44% of organizations now using …

servers
Vendor revenue in the worldwide server market increased to $19.8 billion in Q1 2019

Vendor revenue in the worldwide server market increased 4.4% year over year to $19.8 billion during the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19). Worldwide server shipments declined 5.1% …

network
Scientists may have identified a new way to improve network security

With cybersecurity one of the nation’s top security concerns and billions of people affected by breaches last year, government and businesses are spending more time and …

Gearbest
Unsecured Gearbest server exposes millions of shoppers and their orders

Chinese e-commerce giant Gearbest has exposed information and orders of millions of its customers through an unsecured Elasticsearch server, security researcher Noam Rotem and …

gap
Hackers hit VFEmail, wipe US servers and backups

Unknown attackers have breached the servers of VFEmail and have wiped disks on every one of its US-based servers, the email provider has confirmed. At this time, the attacker …

magnify
China allegedly infiltrated US companies through implanted hardware backdoors

Many US companies, including Amazon and Apple, have been the victims of a clever supply chain attack that resulted in compromised hardware (servers) being installed at some of …

World target
Vulnerable Apache Solr, Redis, Windows servers hit with cryptominers

Vulnerable servers of all kinds are being targeted, compromised and made to mine cryptocurrencies for the attackers. Apache Solr servers under attack SANS ISC handler Renato …

Cisco
Cisco fixes critical flaw in its Secure Access Control System

Cisco has pushed out fixes for security vulnerabilities in a wide variety of its products, including two critical flaws in its Secure Access Control System (ACS) and its Prime …

email
Exim vulnerability opens 400,000 servers to remote code execution

If you’re using the Exim mail transfer agent on your Internet-connected Unix-like systems and you haven’t yet upgraded to version 4.90.1, now is the time to do it …

DDoS
Surge in memcached-based reflected DDoS attacks is due to misconfigured servers

Massive memcached-based reflection DDoS attacks with an unprecedented amplification factor have been ongoing for the last few days, by taking advantage of memcached servers …

Elasticsearch
Unsecured Elasticsearch servers turned into PoS malware C&Cs

Security researchers have discovered over 4,000 Elasticsearch servers compromised to distribute and control PoS malware. 99 percent of them are hosted by Amazon. What is …

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